The News Quiz: Series 88: Eight episodes of the topical BBC Radio 4 panel game

In his first series, Miles Jupp is in the chair for eight episodes of BBC Radio 4's ever-popular topical comedy show. The News Quiz,'the finest topical comedy panel game known to radio', has been providing headlines, punchlines and a sharply satirical take on the news since it first aired in 1977. In these eight episodes, the players include regulars such as Mark Steel, Susan Calman, Jeremy Hardy, Samira Ahmed and Lucy Porter....

The News Quiz: Series 87: 7 episodes of the BBC Radio 4 comedy quiz

Sandi Toksvig chairs seven episodes of the ever-popular topical comedy show. The News Quiz, ‘the finest topical comedy panel game known to radio’, has been providing headlines and punchlines since it first aired in 1977. In these seven episodes, long-standing panellists and guest players tackle issues diverse and diverting.

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Sandi Toksvig chairs four sparkling episodes from the 2015 series of the ever-popular topical comedy show.

The News Quiz, "the finest topical comedy panel game known to radio", has been providing headlines and punchlines since it first aired in 1977.

In these four episodes, long-standing panellists including Jeremy Hardy plus guest panellists take a wry look at the news in all its larger-than-life glory.

Toksvig chairs proceedings, and there's also the usual clutch of humorous cuttings from the press.

I was expecting the highlights of the year to be compiled into this audiobook. What you get is just 4 episodes, which in my opinion aren't actually that funny. They're OK.Lazy editing by the BBC.Could have been much better.

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